In search of Rome's best pizza

When I set out on my 2-week trip to Italy, I had one thing on my mind: Italian food. For the first few days in the country, I successfully managed to have pizza and gelato every day. That relatively unhealthy trend continued for several days and culminated with a search for the best pizza in Rome.

In each & every city I visited in Italy I used whatever means necessary to try and find the local favorite spot for a slice of pizza (that’s pizza al taglio). Using Foursquare, Couchsurfing and Twitter I was able to find the best pizzas in Venice and Florence but I was starting to doubt my skills by the time I got to Rome. There were just too many food options.

Thankfully I took the advice of Keane Li and arranged to take a walking tour of Rome’s best restaurants & local food markets. The food & walking tour gave me a great introduction to the food culture in Rome. The tour also provided me with a handy map and guide to Rome which featured some of the tour guides’ favorite places to eat in Rome!

So with a renewed interest in food, I decided to visit one of the top recommended pizzerias in Rome: Formula 1. Maybe it was the name that first got my attention. After all, I’d just seen my very first Formula 1 race a few weeks before.

The Formula 1 pizzeria seems to be a staple of college and university students in Rome. Probably because of its location near one of Rome’s biggest universities and that the pizza is both tasty and cheap! Reviews say it’s not the best pizza in Rome, but my quattro formaggi pizza was one of the best I’ve ever had. Just look at all that delicious cheese!!

I really enjoyed the Formula 1 pizzeria for a few reasons:

it was easy to find near the Termini station

it was very obviously in a cool, hip area of town

it was busy and bustling even late at night

it was some of the cheapest pizza I had in Rome

Maybe it’s not the best but with my limited time in the city, it was the best pizza I had in Rome!

If you go to Barcelona, head to Castelldefels, find Dominos and order the goat’s cheese and caramelised onion one. Only had it once so maybe it was just a good day for the shop but really, Best. Pizza. Ever.!!!

The best pizza I have ever had ( and I’ve lived in NY my entire life) was in Milan, after a long day of traveling (food always tastes better after long days). I, unfortunately, don’t remember the restaurant, but 11 years later my family still reminisces about that pizza.

That pizza does look amazing, especially to someone who’s been in Asia for eight of the last nine years. Even Rome’s worst pizza would probably top anything various restaurants here have tried to pass off as pizza.

I worked in pizza for 8 years before, during and after college, and now I review restaurants as part of my job. So, in the process, I’ve become a bit of a pizza snob. Neapolitan-style pizza is all the rage in Atlanta right now, so I would HAVE to go to Napoli to check it out straight from the course.

“Best pizza in Rome” ..or anywhere in Italy, most likely, will always be of interest to hungry travelers! We ate our fill on our own 2-week jaunt last summer too. Thanks for the memories. Perhaps after sampling some of these places’s pizza, travelers can follow up with dessert from one of the best gelato spots in Rome!http://thevacationgals.com/best-gelato-shops-in-rome-italy/

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Who is Adam?

In 2010 I quit my job as a graphic designer in Boston and went on a 15+ month trip around the world. The journey took me to places like North Africa, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia. Since 2011 I’ve been living in Berlin—Europe’s most hipster city.

Travels of Adam wants to explore the world from the quirky to the amazing. It’s all about my personal experiences and alternative & indie travel tips from around the world. To learn more, read how Iceland changed my life.

Where's he going?

• Berlin for the ITB travel trade show
• London to see some theatre and eat some fish & chips (and mushy peas!)
• Illinois (including Chicago, Galena, Rockford) for some typical Americana

April

• Boston, Massachusetts for Easter Weekend and to eat my favorite burrito in the whole world!
• Los Angeles (and, of course, West Hollywood) to attend the IGLTA conference and consumer trade show
• Two weeks around Andalusia including Seville for the annual Seville Feria
• Portugal for the very first time—the Algarve region and Lisbon